The Canadian }Ioriicui.turi.st. -i 



l)Ut climhs by tcntliils, ascending trees as high as forty to fifty feet, or climbing 

 over fences; the stem is ([uite woody and sometimes attains a thickness of two 

 inches. Some confound this with the Virginia creeper ; but its leaf clusters 

 have five leaflets, while this has only three, much wider and more oval in oat- 

 line. Flowers, greenish, and fruit in dull white berries. 



These three poisonous varieties can be seen in the Victoria Park. Some 

 persons seem to be able to handle them without serious results, while others 

 dare not touch them, nor even come near them. 



Views differ regarding the way in which the i)oison from these plants is 

 communicated. Some maintain that actual contact is necessary, others that it 

 is given off from the leaves, during sunshine, when wetted by dew ; some attri- 

 bute it to the pollen, and some say that the plants give off a gaseous vapor. 



Persons affected show redness about the eye-lids, ears and throat. These 

 parts cjuickly show inflamed blotches, rising in blisters, the whole face becoming 

 swollen so as to produce blindness, sometimes for days. The poison in some 

 cases spreads over the arms and other parts of the body, and the patient suffers 

 from fever and headache, and even becomes delirious. It is not an uncommon 

 thing for persons once affected to experience attacks from year to year, though 

 not being near any of the plants. 



The application of a strong solution of bi-carbonate of soda (baking soda) 

 to the pustules as soon as seen is highly recommended. 



Bathing parts affected with sulphate of soda (glauber salts) is also well 

 spoken of. 



These three comparatively common plants should be known bv everybody, 

 and should be destroyed wherever they are likely to prove injurious. The 

 accompanying cuts will enable the reader to readily identify them. 



Chief Samuels, of the Horticultural Department of the World's Fair, has 

 returned from a trip to Florida and Cuba, where he stimulated interest in the 

 Chicago Exposition and secured the promise of many fine palms and other trop- 

 ical plants, to be exhibited in his r)ei)artnient. 



Plants for the Flower Garden. — .\ happy mean may, perhaps, be 

 found between the pretentiousness of an over-display of bedding plants and the 

 total neglect of old-time favorites. A bed or two of rich color, with or without 

 softening foils of folinge or shaded tints, is a great adornment even in a small 

 yard, but the ground should be well flanked or whiskered with choice shrubs in 

 cleanly kept beds, with the standard flowers .set among or fronting them, or in 

 separate borders, as suits their inaividual requirements. Such an arrangement 

 gives, even on small s[)ace, ever-varying subjects of interest for hour after hour. 

 — Vick's Mairazine. 



